Annual Presentation and Dinner

The Club's Annual Presentation and Dinner was held on 9th June at Club Callala and was once again a great success. The executive of HMAS Creswell was represented by CMDR Moses Raudino and his partner Marcella. The Navy Sailing Team had a further 7 people in attendance. Other boat themed tables included Matana and Tranquility. Following the presentation of trophies we were entertained by Jacquii Leigh as she sang and played guitar.

Safety/Regulatory Information

Members are reminded that our club sails under
the Racing Rules of Sailing (RRS) of World
Sailing (and the associated Prescriptions of Australian Sailing) and the
Australian Special Regulations for Racing Boats (also recommended for Cruising
Boats). All yachts taking part in our events are required to meet Australian
Sailing Category 7 Safety and Equipment requirements.

Race 2 Spring Series – Blown away!

posted Oct 22, 2013, 3:54 AM by Mark Tobin

Race 2 of the JBCYC Spring Series and the day dawned
bright and sunny with no sign of the forecast gusty westerly’s.With an almost unanimous vote at the race
briefing that we should all join the sponsor, Tony Byrnes of JB Yachting,
cruising and racing in the South China Sea it was back to reality as crews took
to the boats to ready for the start.With a lovely 8 to 10 knot nor’easterly blowing 14 boats across the 3
divisions presented on the start line for the ‘all in’ one start of the
race.Almost on cue the breeze dropped
out shortly before the start and commenced to oscillate from the north to the
east with ‘cats paws’ developing between the line and the first bottle of wine
opportunity for the first boat in each Division around the S1 windward
mark.As the gun went the left hand end
of the line, usually the pin end, was crowded, with a clowder of ‘Cats’ poised
to pounce, much to the relief of the boats on the remainder of the line, unfortunately
caught amongst them was Shane Firkin’s Quintessence struggling for air and it
took a deal of pushing and shoving before he could extricate himself.Cleaning up the wine at S1 was the Lawrence’s
in Sassea for the multi’s, stand in skipper Chris Capel on Rock Hopper in
Div.2, and Mark Tobin’s Cougar for Div.1. The dash to the C2 mark off Myola with the
northeaster continuing was square enough for Pete O’Reilly on Fuzzy Logic to
decide on running the angles, with the remainder of the fleet running square, a
brave move allowing Fuzzy a clear lead at the second mark.By this time the wind had started to kick in
and there was no chance of holding a kite around to C3 with many a round up and
nasty kite drop observed from the fleet.As the pressure built the cats started to close on the leaders with one
of the few to fly a kite to the mark in the corner of Collingwood Beach,
Vincentia, Mick Linhart’s Manly Too, holding out a charging Leach family on Tranquility.The breeze went a little haywire for a while
after that with wind dropping out to 6 or 7 knots, swinging from north to south
and then gusts of 20 plus from the west heralding the change with the hot air
being the final tell tale.The Division
2 boats struggled in the gusty conditions and Paul Gooey’s Matana eventually suffering
gear damage had to pull out of the race.That wouldn’t be the last of it as the wind built into the 30’s, the
early signs being the Cats accelerating across the bay from Vincentia straight
across to the Longnose Point mark, proof enough.Division One, having the long course, had the
run to the Creswell marks before turning toward the northeast to finally start
the blast back home and the gybe at the bottom mark took its toll on Manly Too,
with the gusting wind bending the boom.Undaunted by the incident the valiant crews efforts to make running
repairs ended with further disappointment with damage to the gooseneck forcing
their retirement. The wind continued to
build to well above the forecast
strength and it was reef or bust as the fleet rushed towards Longnose
Point.The Cats were first around
Longnose after their shortcut with Cougar in hot pursuit making for some fun
and games in the passing maneuvors with many a roundup making for anxious times
for all.The wind was hitting the mid 30
knots range by the time boats had turned for the finish line, with gust
touching the 40’s and more boats opted for the a safe run home with Shambhala
and Sea Change calling their retirement.Seamanship rather than racing skills were now the prime consideration
with the eastern side of the bay coping the brunt of it because of the lengthy
fetch. As Cougar closed on the finish
line a call was necessary to establish the location with the poor visibility
but there in the shelter of Callala Bay were Ron and Ilene still anchored in
JB1 and on station for the finishing fleet.First over for Div.1 was Cougar, followed by Tranquility for Div.3 and
David and Pauline Churchward’s Motion in Div.2.Full credit to the skippers and crews for toughing out the race to the
end and those who gave it their best, 9 out of 14 boats finished, well done to
all.